| Description |
1 online resource (361 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; An Appreciation of Dr. Michael W. Smith (1960-2006); Contributors; Introduction: Counselors and Curanderas/os-Parallels in the Healing Process; Part One: Mestiza/o and Indigenous Perspectives; Chapter One: What Is Indigenous About Being Indigenous? The Mestiza/o Experience; Chapter Two: Latina/o Folk Saints and Marian Devotions Popular Religiosity and Healing; Chapter Three: Santería and the Healing Process in Cuba and the United States; Part Two: Indigenous and Mestiza/o Healing Practices |
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Chapter Four: The Use of Psychotropic Herbal and Natural Medicines in Latina/o and Mestiza/o PopulationsChapter Five: Brazil's Ultimate Healing Resource The Power of Spirit; Chapter Six: La Limpia de San Lazaro as Individual and Collective Cleansing Rite; Chapter Seven: Resé un Ave María y Encendí una Velita The Use of Spirituality and Religion as a Means ofCoping with Educational Experiences for Latina/o College Students; Part Three: Contemporary Aspects of Mestiza/o and Indigenous Healing Practices: Reclamation and Integration |
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Chapter Eight: Los Espiritus Siguen Hablando Chicana SpiritualitiesChapter Nine: Religious Healing and Biomedicine in Comparative Context; Chapter Ten: Curanderismo Religious and Spiritual Worldviews and Indigenous Healing Traditions; Part Four: Epilogue; Epilogue: Summary and Future Research and Practice Agendas; Index |
| Summary |
This edited volume focuses on the role of traditional or indigenous healers, as well as the application of traditional healing practices in contemporary counseling and therapeutic modalities with Latina/o people. The book offers a broad coverage of important topics, such as traditional healer's views of mental/psychological health and well-being, the use of traditional healing techniques in contemporary psychotherapy, and herbal remedies in psychiatric practice. It also discusses common factors across traditional healing methods and contemporary psychotherapies, the importance of spirituality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Traditional medicine -- United States
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Hispanic Americans -- Religion.
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Hispanic Americans -- Medicine
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Traditional medicine -- Latin America
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Latin Americans -- Medicine
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Latin Americans -- Religion
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Spiritual healing.
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Hispanic Americans.
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Religion.
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Spirituality.
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Spiritual Therapies
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Hispanic or Latino
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Medicine, Traditional
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Religion
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Spirituality
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religion (discipline)
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Spirituality
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Spiritual healing
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Religion
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Hispanic Americans
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Hispanic Americans -- Religion
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Latin Americans -- Religion
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Traditional medicine
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Latin America
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cervantes, Joseph
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| LC no. |
2007048349 |
| ISBN |
9780203893272 |
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0203893271 |
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